Oberau

Oberau is an island in , , . Oberau is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tongrube auf Escherfeld and Lahnhänge.

Nature reserve
Photo: Schaengel, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is a nature reserve.

Protected area
Photo: Friedrich Schmidt-Fellingshausen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a protected area.

Nature reserve
Photo: Fritzmic, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a nature reserve.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bad Ems and Lahnstein.

Photo: Rolf Kranz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small spa town in whose main claim to fame and indeed paragraph in world history is being the site of the "Ems Dispatch", a telegram that played an important part in the outbreak of the 1870 Franco-Prussian war and thus the foundation of modern Germany, indirectly leading to World War I and World War II.

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is a town on the right-hand side of the where the river Lahn flows into the Rhine.

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is a major city in the state of , It has about 114,000 inhabitants in 2026. The city is the northmost point of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley within UNESCO World Heritage site.

Oberau

Latitude
50.3345° or 50° 20′ 4″ north
Longitude
7.6736° or 7° 40′ 25″ east
Open location code
9F298MMF+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1521244916
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
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Satellite Map

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